Oil isn't "technology".
And the way the combustion engine works in 2014 is so advanced that I can't even figure out how to tune my own car up anymore.
I do think that I'd love to have a Tesla. But driving a car isn't that big a deal.
When electric motors are able to lift a passenger airline off the ground and fly 14 hours straight...THEN we can talk.
When electric motors can power a semi-truck across country THEN we can talk.
Honestly though...in both those scenarios...the problem isn't "big oil". It's "big airline" and "big trucker" UNIONS.
We shouldn't have to fly airplanes around the U.S. or ship goods via semi-trucks.
We should have a clean and efficient electric train system in this country like other places do.
But I'm afraid you don't want to hear this Tony (cause I know you're a big fan of UNIONS)...the unions will NEVER let that happen.
Just like here in Vegas.
They built a nice monorail system.
Unfortunately it doesn't really go where people need it to go. And it was stopped dead in it's tracks by the cab drivers union here from going to the airport.
The ONE place it was needed.
A monorail system from the airport to the strip (which is only a couple of miles) would have eliminated 90% of the traffic. But NO...the UNION wouldn't have that.
So the monorail was built to go from the old Sahara (now the SLS) to the Flamingo and back. Whoopty-doo.
You should add in UNIONS to the grievances. We should be moving people and goods via electric train all over this country. But airline and trucker unions aren't gonna let that happen. No matter how "liberal" you may think they are.